Up in the air!!
If you travel along Manor Drive between Route 22 and Route 39, you will find four pairs of sneakers mysteriously draped over the lines high above.
(Photo by Cecil Pedigue)
(Send us your unusual basketball photos)
Up in the air!!
If you travel along Manor Drive between Route 22 and Route 39, you
will find four pairs of sneakers mysteriously draped over the lines high
above.
(Photo by Cecil Pedigue)
(Send us your unusual basketball photos)
(Photo left shows that you need a boat to drive to the
basket on this court!)
Send us
your photos!!
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OR TREAT
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(Pumpkin designed by, carved by and photo by Ashley
Thompson, PSU 2006-Ashley played in the 2002 Roundball All-Star
Series HERE )
did you vote ?
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Obama |
ELECTION 2008 |
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McCain |
pahoops.org endorsed Barack Obama, who played high school basketball.
On
July 19th, he was visiting U. S. troops in Kuwait in a gymnasium and hit a
pressure 3 pointer!
Find that shot on msnbc.com
HERE
pahoops on Obama: "he has a good left handed jumper;
he passes well, sees the court well and has a vision for the nation!"
Bernie Madoff steals the Pirates, story
HERE
Nick Schlitzer-named
"Most Outstanding Player"
at the Super Sophomore Camp will play at the Shootout-read
the story of the game he won in 2007 with 11 foul shots
HERE
(Nick Schlitzer plays for Coach David Mullaney at Pottsville High School)
**"Dancing Through the Decades" HERE
The
Immaculata University men's
progam is new,
story
HERE
Student
Scholarship Help:
Kate McDiarmind
sends along this helpful site on scholarships.
What to do and how to avoid scholarship scams
http://www.scholarshiphelp.org
Memorial Day 2008:
find our
tribute HERE
2008 All-Star Game
results HERE
NCAA Tournament results HERE
Which PIAA District is
your team in?- find it HERE
2007-2008 Pre-season High School Basketball Tournament Results-found HERE
Prystal Scouting Services Recommendation
HERE
Shootout
information
HERE
Why attend our event? Answer
HERE
Past shootout results
found
HERE
Directions to the shootout
HERE
Hotels for the event
HERE
Directions to Shootout HERE
Hotels for the Shootout HERE
Application
HERE
| Penn State Harrisburg, the Division III school
in Middletown opened the season with an overtime win over Wells
College in a game played at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
PSU-HBG has a number of former PA/MD Shootout performers.
TOP-Kenton Alston (left) Steelton and Brian Berry (right) Annville-Cleona.
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  Game story, box score HERE Brian Ongeri (Hershey) added 7 pts and 4 rebounds. |
Thanks to Dave Burman for this utube tribute to Larry "Deuce" Shurcenski known as "America's Most Famous Scorekeeper.” http://youtube.com/watch?v=pqZCyeGDWX4
Basketball
Hall of Fame
go
to the section PLACES and find #42 in this photo, Wilbur
Trosch, the former Pennsylvania basketball star, who is found here
next to Oscar Robertson
and Jerry West -the picture was taken at Madison
Square Garden in the summer of 1960. The U.S. Olympic Basketball Team was
going to Rome and this was their last game before they left. They won the
1960 Olympic Gold medal. The coach of the team, Pete Newell just died, obit
HERE
The Washington Generals of baseball-the Pittsburgh Pirates-a
story of losers HERE
All Carmel Reunion Coverage-HERE
The Hugh Dixon Group All College
Choices-The goal was to come
up with the best player that has played for every school in D1
basketball.
Find them and choices for the best player from
Pennsylvania to play at each HERE
WOW! See the TOP 10
-Darryl Dawkins Dunks-All-Time, HERE
(Credit: Dave Burman)
Penn State
Basketball
Injuries have played a key to the Penn
State season.
story HERE
USA
Today "Top 20" pre-season rankings, we also provide last
year's preseason list (credit Dave Burman),
HERE
Pennsylvania Summer Basketball News
HERE
(Wellsboro Tournament Results,
D4)
(Indian Valley Basketball Camp, D6)
(Capital Classic results posted,
D3)
(Chester Coaches Clinic info, D1)
(Beyond the Arc results
now in, D2)-(D=district)
Looking into our Mail Bag, HERE
Basketball Clips Examine four You Tube video clips and vote for the best basketball shot
HERE
Thanks to Dave Burman for this utube tribute to Larry "Deuce" Shurcenski known as "America's Most Famous Scorekeeper.” http://youtube.com/watch?v=pqZCyeGDWX4
Student Scholarship Help: Kate McDiarmind sends along this helpful site on scholarships. What to do and how to avoid scholarship scams http://www.scholarshiphelp.org/
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Player recognition? -It happens by attending a Basketball Shootout, apply now: HERE |
|
 Kayla Hoohuli, the St. Marys (PA) freshman who was the leading scorer in District 9 and averaged over 21 |
Who will be recognized as the top Freshman for 2008? -it will be settled at the Basketball Shootout, apply to complete: HERE |  Briana Kiesel, the super 9th grader at Proctor in Utica (NY) who averaged over 24 ppg has sent in her application |
District 3 Program HERE
Santa and Friends HERE
Tournament schedule
posted/revised
HERE
contact Mike Gaffey at
717-903-0732 ---ms.gaffey@verizon.net
May 31st and
June 1st--- info
HERE
Hotels for event
HERE
APPLICATION
HERE
1944 Conneautville High School basketball cheer
"Hitler's Mustache, Tojo's Steam, Can't compete with Conneautville's
team!"
(taken from booklet, "The Champs" by Mrs.
Zamaria, Art Class Supervisor
Prystal Scouting
Service
Events
Coverage found HERE
now NCAA
certified!
Prystal Report on McCloskey Camp HERE
2008 BASKETBALL SHOOTOUT HERE
Steer clear of the the Keystone Summer Basketball games
is our recommendation --
The
2008 Keystone Summer Basketball Games Have Lost Their Way -
our evaluation
HERE
Our Terrell Pryor Editorial HERE
"Its nice to be important, but it's more
important
to be nice!"
**
Coach Gaffey's
2007 Garden Diagram,
HERE
**St. Mary's Coterie, Vancouver, Washington
HERE
**"Dancing
Through the Decades"
HERE
** Richard Hamilton (Coatsville), Philadelphia Inquirer story HERE
All Star History Index
HERE
2007 PIAA Playoff
results courtesy the
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HERE
**"Dynamic Duos"-best
two player wrecking crews in Pennsylvania H.S. basketball,
HERE
-
who can you add?
**The
controversy about
Indian team names
HERE
**History of Carbondale
Area
basketball by Jason Hartman
HERE
**
Past Stories and Editorials
HERE
**
the Pat Shute Obituary (Altoona
Mirror)
HERE
Pat Shute played for Altoona Bishop
Guilfoyle (class of 1967), he died in Texas
**
The Pennsylvania Basketball Website
"2006 Person of the Year"
HERE
- Did you miss our previous "Persons of
the Year?
HERE
To place a page in the 2007 game program, go HERE
Shootout: Directions, Hotels, Schedule
HERE
Shootout: Past scouting
results
HERE
Shootout:
Application
HERE
Spring
Basketball
Shootout
March 25, 2007 --at
PSU
Harrisburg-
for boys and girls--grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Failor
and Berry
Cyara Woodridge
Annville-Cleona
Freire Charter
Seniors
Junior
They will attend the Shootout Sunday!!
We still have room for late signees
Shootout:
Application
HERE
Scouting
Services covering the Shootout
--Prystal
Scouting Service
HERE
--National
College Combine
HERE
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Did you Vote?
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HERE
Was
Rick Santorum eligible to vote
in Pennsylvania?
 Brooke
Price from Notre Dame High School in Trenton,
New Jersey will play in the
Sunday
Girl's Shootout. She is a
three sport athlete being recruited by three
schools currently for basketball. She is a
senior.
|
Space still available for boys
only-call 717-991-2071
October 8th,
2006Basketball Shootout at Alvernia College  400 Saint Bernardine St., Reading PA 19607 NCAA Certified information HERE College Coach info HERE Hotel info HERE Shootout Schedule HERE Driving directions HERE Application HERE Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 for boys and girls |
2006 camp
--
camp information
HERE
--2005 Highlights
HERE
--camp preview
HERE
--testimonials
HERE
--Summer
camp college scouting report
HERE
--college
coaches info
HERE
2006
Class of 2006
HERE
How many people visit this
site? The
high water mark was on Friday March 24, 2006
when 560 people visited our site!
Click the site meter for
today's total
Sunday June 4, 2006
HOTEL INFO HERE
boys and girls -openings
remain for 1 girl and 2 boys yet, call Mike Gaffey at
717-903-0732, or Bill Gaffey at
717-545-0872
at
Penn State Harrisburg Capital Campus
Application
HERE Directions
HERE
Shootout Schedule
HERE
The Prystal
Scouting Service will cover this
event:
Prystal
Summer Scouting Schedule for boys,
HERE
Prystal Summer Scouting Schedule for
girls,
HERELower
gasoline prices!
An
idea that might work.
Read this and try to help
make a difference-
HERE
Program pages deadline extended to Tues, click
HERE
Shootout Schedule HERE
Shootout directions
HERE
Shootout's "Top Underclassman"
lists from a past Shootout
HERE
Shootout Hotel information HERE
reading Hotel information
HERE
Shootout's "Top 40"
list
Shootout
Application
Shootout info for College Coach
HERE
Find the History of the Maryland/Pennsylvania Series, HERE
2004-05 Basketball
Newsletter #1
2004-05 Basketball
Newsletter #2
2004-05 Basketball
Newsletter #3
2004-05 Basketball
Newsletter #4
Full All-Star Schedule HERE
The
Fall 2005
Shootout
Sunday Oct 9-
College Coach info
HERE
Hotel information
HERE
Shootout Schedule
HERE
Shootout Directions
HERE
-March 2005
Highlights #6
HERE
-February 2005
Highlights #5
HERE
--Mid
January High School Highlights 2005
#4
HERE
-January
2005 Season
Highlights #3:
HERE
-December '04 Season Highlights #2:
HERE
-Early 2004-2005 Season Highlights #1:
HERE
List of players attending Fall Shootout, postedd HERE
Last seasons stories
Examples of poor sportsmanship in
schoolboy basketball. Click
HERE
For some of last year's highlights, click
HERE
Turn tapes and films
into DVDs- click
Tom
Prystal, the guru of High School
Basketball on the East Coast rated the
March 2005 Shootout and he will be in
Reading again on Oct 9th
"March Top Forty"- List
HERE
2005 shootout underclassmen HERE
Mr. Prystal will be attending the October Shootout
and evaluating all the participants. His lists
will be available to
hundreds of colleges.
YOU CAN ATTEND
THE FALL 2005 SHOOTOUT
October 9th Shootout, sign up
HERE
NCAA Certified Shootout Information
HERE
The
Pine Grove High School twins
Shelly (24) and Sheila
(23) Wasser (right)
take a break between the Spring Shootout games
at Alvernia College.
Reading Shootout
directions
or
Hotels?
400 Saint Bernardine St.
 Ed Rendell's All-Star Invitation HERE |
Blind Justice, or just plain blind! Poor sportsmanship examples: a fan and a coach HERE |
Molly Rottmann, Jay
Leno, and Pinocchio  story HERE |
Heat 104 Lakers 102
"Let's play pin the Santa hat
on Kobe!"
story
HERE
The Pennsylvaebsite
now featuring original basketball
sketches by
Dick Dornish of St. Marys, PAStar
Click here for George Abraham named to
Pennsylvania Basketball Hall of Fame
2004 All-Star
Basketball
Games
Dynamic Duos
Where is Jimmy Chitwood?
News from 2002
2001 PIAA
Championship Predictions
Pennsylvania
March Madness
'01 All-Star Basketball
Weekend
"For the Good
of the Order"
2000 All
Star Games
2000 Shootout
All-Stars
All-Star
History
Bulletin Board
All-Star
Nomination Credits
1999 BOYS
SHOOTOUT
SUNDAY SEPT 26
1998 Boy's Shootout
All-Star RESULTS
1998 Girl's Shootout
All-Star RESULTS
HE ATTENDED
THE SHOOTOUT Gerry
McNamara from Bishop Hannan H. S. in
Scranton attended the Shootout as both a
Sophomore and a senior before going on to his
career at Syracuse.
|
HE ATTENDED THE SHOOTOUT
SHE ATTENDED THE SHOOTOUT |
MILLER.
In
1992,
Rich Miller played for the
Pennsylvania
All-Stars against Maryland. He was just named the
Men's Coach at Mansfield University,
Story HERE
Previous shootout success stories:
April 12-13 , 2002
2002 All-Stars
Team Instruction
Ricardo Brown Wins Camp Slam Dunk!
 The Dunk Contest in the NBA (grades 10, 11, and 12 ) on the last day of camp! |
NCAA HOOP DREAMS
|
---RESULTS and
ALL-STARS from Harrisburg (PA) Sept 28, 2003 click
HERE
-N.
C. A. A. Certified
HERE
-What
is a Shootout
HERE
-Who runs the PA/MD Shootout?
HERE
--RESULTS
and ALL-STARS from Syracuse (NY)
Oct 5, 2003
click
HERE
Click here for an
APPLICATION or information. --Results
of the Spring 2003 Shootout. --Results
of the Fall 2002 Shootout.
SHOOTOUT ALUMNI LIST. Gerry
McNamara headlines a strong Shootout Alumni list.
McNamara who helped lead Syracuse to the National
Championship in 2003, attended the Shootout during his
Sophomore and Senior seasons.
Michael
Manning from.jpg)
Lindsay
Bush from Altoona, 